Example sentences of "his [noun] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which was when the other horse got to Hullabaloo 's quarters , a big , handsome bay , his bit covered in a white froth , his nostrils wide and red , and his eye set fast on the forthcoming obstacle . |
| 2 | My friend Jim 's wife is in America and my other pal 's had his heart broken by a hard-hearted woman with a background like yours , who passed him up in favour of an arranged marriage . ’ |
| 3 | He was not an intellectual ; he made constant use of anecdotal evidence and some of his views bordered on the banal , but one of his great strengths has always been his resolute attachment to a few simple conservative themes . |
| 4 | With Osbern of Eu and a group of his own leaders and their following , Thorfinn had visited the Lothians and made his views known to the offending bands with frightening precision . |
| 5 | Ludens , steadying Marcus 's head with one hand , his fingers plunged into the short hair , and slowly and firmly moving the very sharp instrument , felt like an acolyte performing a dangerous task , perhaps intended as a test . |
| 6 | His fingers tightened with a menacing precision that kept her absolutely motionless . |
| 7 | His eyes flashed and his fingers tightened in a vicious grip . |
| 8 | Robyn watched as his hands moulded and caressed each silken mound , heard the gasp of delight escape from her own lips as his fingers played with the darkened peaks . |
| 9 | His fingers closed on the soggy bundle . |
| 10 | His fingers closed around the soft flesh of her upper arms , as if he intended to shake her , then his face changed , the anger was leashed , and he said , ‘ You 're shivering . ’ |
| 11 | His fingers tangled in the smooth swath of her hair . |
| 12 | EDDIE NEWTON , the rising Chelsea star who had his jaw smashed in a racist attack just six months ago , is determined to break Manchester United hearts at Stamford Bridge today . |
| 13 | He was interrupted by Bill Martin 's return to the room , his jaw set in a determined line . |
| 14 | He showed some nepotistic , or rather patrimonial skill in getting his sons placed in the public service ; his failure to have amassed even a modest competence of wealth may be taken to argue either extreme probity or reckless extravagance , but more likely arose from having over-extended his credit in trying to send supplies to Ireland back in 1642 . |
| 15 | Pascal , quarter of a century younger , was also tensed by a religious vision ; in his case confirmed by a mystic experience of great emotional intensity . |
| 16 | I tried an Indian-looking middle-aged man with a pouchy face hidden beneath a large brimmed hat , and a paunchy stomach that seemed to run a perfect little circle round his navel hidden beneath a scruffy fair-isle sweater hidden beneath a wrinkly brown jacket hidden beneath an overcoat which brushed the homeless autumn leaves strewn despairingly across the lawns . |
| 17 | Now the army is back in control and has marked its victory by boosting up new pictures of Saddam , always with the same smile , the white of his teeth emphasized by the dark moustache . |
| 18 | His creditors met on the 28th and they read a letter from their debtor telling them the law was an enemy he could not conquer . |
| 19 | A sub-contractor who fails to supply the 715 voucher may have his certificate withdrawn by the Inland Revenue . |
| 20 | Despite a spirited correspondence in both the London and Tyneside newspapers about the need for ventilation and the defects of Davy 's lamp , Holmes was unable to get his proposals considered by the rigid and uncompromising owners . |
| 21 | with his hair brushed like a new LP |
| 22 | Like he always has his hair cut by the same man . |
| 23 | His hair curled in a thick golden tangle , his skin stretched taut and golden-bronze over his rolling muscles and over his high cheekboned , demonically handsome face . |
| 24 | His only explanation is that possibly the gentleman had travelled on the line for many years in the past and that his ghost fitted into a well-worn slot in time . |
| 25 | The great aristocratic houses were real absentees at court and a visit of a grandee to his estates ranked as a great event in local history . |
| 26 | His mouth hardened to an implacable line . |
| 27 | Nutty guessed that some instinct told Sam to keep his mouth shut about the knacker-yard history . |
| 28 | Fortescue looked surprised , as if he had expected Athelstan to keep his mouth shut for the entire interview . |
| 29 | With great discretion , Dyson yawned , straining his muscles to keep his mouth shut at the same time . |
| 30 | His mouth curved into an ironic smile . |